It has certainly been like a roller-coaster ride these past few days. Up and down, off and on. Today has been mostly off for some reason. It didn't start out well...woke up with a terrible headache, really painful lower back, stiff and sore joints - moving was not easy or pleasant.
But, Backyard Bible Club (BBC) started this morning, and I'm teaching the Bible lessons, so I took my meds (plus a couple of Aleve), and stumbled out the door. Once there, it gets so busy, and it's so much fun interacting with the kids, and getting to know them, I don't remember feeling bad - all I remember is having a very dry mouth, and needing water a lot. (Dry mouth is a side effect of several PD meds.)
One little girl really got to me. She's around four or five years old, and she's very articulate! :) She's got blond hair, and she's a beautiful little girl, with a sweet, sweet smile and disposition. But when I asked the kids if they had ever baked a cake or brownies with their moms, she said, very matter of factly, "Oh, my mom doesn't like me." I thought maybe I'd heard her wrong, so I asked her to repeat it. Sure enough, I'd heard it right the first time.
She didn't cry or pout, she wasn't dramatic about it, she wasn't looking for sympathy or attention - she was just stating a fact. "My mom does not like me."
If we can do something good for this little girl, if we can shower her with love, for five days anyway, and plant the seed of truth in her heart that God loves her so much and she is precious in His sight...if we could do that for all the children who come...I'll be there.
"Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
(Mark 10:14)
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